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JAY BURROWS, OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 534,782, dated February26, l. 895. Application filed May 26 1894. Serial No. 512,532. (Nomodel.)

T0 00% whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAY BURROWS, a citizen of the United States,residing at- Lincoln,

in the county of Lancaster and State of Nebraska, have invented a newand useful Device forAffixing Names and Addresses upon Newspapers, &c.,of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a device for affixing names and post office addressesupon newspapers, wrapped or unwrapped, magazines, letters or any othermatter. These addresses are printed upon said matter from detachedmovable plates upon which the addresses are fixed. These plates may bemade of metal, wood, rubber, gutta-percha, or any other substance founddesirable for that purpose.

The addresses may be fixed upon the plates in any manner found mostconvenient, but preferably the plate will consist of type metal uponwhich the addresses will be stamped with steel dies. This plate wouldprint upon the paper a ground of the color of the inking pigment used,leaving the addresses the color of the paper upon which the die wasimpressed.

The machine may be of different sizes and the plates may be of anydesired thickness and size adapted to the machine. After being preparedready for use the plates are placed on edge in galleys convenient to themachine. The plates, if containing the subscription list of a newspaperor magazine, will be arranged according to post offices, and upon astrip attached to the rack holding the galleys will be written orprinted the name of the post office opposite the plates containing thenames of subscribers at that office. Promiscuous lists may be arrangedalphabetically, these arrangements being to facilitate access to anypart of the list for the purpose of corrections or additions. plates arefed automatically into the machine in the order in which theyarearranged in the galleys; and by it, after being impressed upon thearticle to be addressed, deposited in a duplicate galley in preciselythe same order as received by the machine, and are then returned to theracks in their original order, this process being repeated until thecontents of all the galleys are fed through the machine.

These The accompanying drawings represent the devices which I employ inthe accomplishment of the above purpose, in which- Figure 1 is asectional view made on the line a; y, as shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is aplan tion of a portion of the periphery of the wheel A, showing the formof its surface, and also the shields which serve to retain the plateupon the wheel during a portion of a revolution. Fig. 6 shows aperspective view of the bottom of the chute holding the plates, with thebars which rest in the grooves, and the opening in the front of saidchute out of which the plates pass as they are caught by the lugs on thewheel. Fig. 7 is a section on line zz, Fig. 2.

In Fig. 1 a portion of the receiving galley O and the tube U throughwhich the plates H are returned to the galley is removed to show moreclearly the construction of the same, and the use ofthe follower M,which is actuated by the lever K, and serves to push the plates andgalley forward as the plates are deposited.

This machine consists of a wheel A keyed to an axle turning in journalsfastened to any suitable table, legs or supporters, the surface of theperiphery of which corresponds in width to the length of the plates tobe used upon it.

The wheel A may be of any desired diameter, to carry only one plate, orany number of plates, according to the use forwhich it may be adapted,(either for addressing newspapers, magazines, 860., or smaller sizedmatter,

such as envelopes,) and according to the speed of work desired.

Beginning at a point near the top of the wheel Aand extending to a pointnear its bottom are two shields SS, one on each side of and turned aboutone fourth of an inch over the face of the wheel. These shields are notattached to the wheel A, but are held in place by connections withstandards E E;

but the face of that portion of the wheel A which carries the plates Hruns as close to the shields which are turned over the sides of saidface as it can run with unimpeded movement.

To the axle may be attached a crank or pulley V, to which may be affixedhand or other motive power, as may be desired.

Contiguous to the wheel A and upon each side of it, are two or morestandards, E E, for the support of parts of the machine. Upon one sideof the wheel A is attached a spur wheel Z which in conjunction withpinion wheels, operates inking rollers O for inking the plates, and aseries of revolving brushes 1) which are operated by the pinions P P P,which, by the use of naphtha or other suitable material, cleanse theplates after the impression has been taken and as they pass for depositto the galley 0 below the machine. 1

On the side of the impression wheel B is an eccentric L which isconnected with the lever K by which through the medium of followers Mthe galley receiving the plates is moved rearward the thickness of oneplate directly after the plate has been deposited in it.

Upon the axle of the wheelA-is also keyed a cogged wheel F the use ofwhich will be hereinafter described.

In the surface of the periphery of the wheel A are two grooves a a, eachabout one-fourth of an inch in width and the same in depth.

Upon the surface of the periphery of the wheel A, and across it, areraised lugs a 0. the faces of which are at right angles with the faceofthewheelA,theirrearbeingsloping. These lugs are cut by the grooves thesame as the rest of the surface of the wheel A. These lugs are raised tothe exact height of the thickness of the plates which are fed upon thewheel. Their number on the wheel A corresponds with the number of plateswhich are to be fed upon said wheel at one revolution; which may be oneor more, according to the character and rapidity of the work desired.Between these raised lugs is formed a recess of the exact width of theplates to be used, and of a depth corresponding exactly with thethickness of said plate.

Keyed to a shaft B turning in journals fixed to the same table orsupports as the shaft of the wheel A, and exactly level with its axis,is a revolving impression segment B, which is actuated from the cogwheel F keyed upon the main shaft, before named, by means of cogwheel Fkeyed to the shaft B of said segment the periphery of which platen movesat exactly the same speed as the periphery of the wheel A.

The impression segmentimpinges against the surface of the Wheel A ateach revolution it makes. This impression segment and the gearsactuating it may be so constructed as to make only-one revolution toeach revolution of the wheel A, or it may make as many as desired,according to the number of plates fed at one revolution of the wheel A,the said revolving impression segment making one impression from a plateat each revolution it makes.

Nearly upon the perpendicular of the wheel A is placed a galley holderD, into which the galley containing the plates as above named is placedin a perpendicular position, the holder D forming one side of the box inwhich the plates are now inclosed, and also having at the bottom twobars at d which are attached to the back side of the galley C, while anopening d is cut out above them in front through which the plates 11 canbe pushed out.

It will now be seen that as the wheel A is rotated forward the raisedlug which has a front face at right angles with the wheel, and is raisedto the exact height of the thickness of one plate, will catch one plateH and force it forward out of the opening at the bottomof the box, eachraised lug doing the same, if more than one; The ends of the plate willimmediately pass under the shields S, which project over the outercorners of the wheel and be pressed by these shields into the recess cutout to the depth of its thickness and the width of its width, and bythose shields be held from being thrown off from the wheel bycentrifugal force. The plates will now pass under the inking apparatusheld by the standards E E before named, and be covered with a coloringpigment. As it reaches the point exactly opposite the longitudinal axisof the wheel A, the paper, wrapper, magazine, envelope, or other matterto be addressed, will be pushed against it by the revolving impressionplate B above described,the periphery of which is moving at exactly thesame speed as the periphery of the wheel A, thus imprinting upon thepaper or other matter, while it is'in motion, the device stamped upon oraffixed to the plate. After theimpression has been made the plate,moving continu-- ously with the wheel A, passes under a series ofrapidly'revolving circular brushes, before named, for cleaning. Comingnow to the bottom of the wheelA, and the end of the shields described,the plate is deposited in the galley before named, being guided to thesame by fingers u on the tube U, the ends of which reach into thegrooves on the under side of the wheel A, at that point arresting theforward motion of the plates. As the plates in the perpendicular galleyare exhausted an other galley of plates is placed in position, and thejust emptied galley placed below to receive them.

Opposite and in front of the wheel A, and over the shaft carrying therevolving impression plate, is a table T, of convenient size and form,before which the operator stands, and from which the papers or othermatter to be addressed are dropped to the point at which the impressionsfrom the platen are begun. At this point the papers are arrested byrests ITO actuated by a camfrom the shaft of the revolving platen, whichwithdraws the rests at the instant the paper is caught between theimpression segment and the movable plate carrying the address to beprinted. This rest consists of fingers r r mounted on a crossshaft R,suitably mounted under the feed board T. This shaft R is rocked to movethe fingers r, r away from the guide G and out of the path of thepapers, by an arm 1" secured thereto, which arm 1" is provided with abifurcated end engaging the arm R on shaft B of the impression segment.When released by the printing couple the paper or other matter dropsupon moving tapes t t,.and is carried any convenient distance to amailing table.

To suddenly arrest the operation of the machine a lever, I, is arrangedso that by means of an eccentric J the holder D is raised upto theheight of the thickness of one plate, when the raised lugs of the wheelA will pass under without catching a plate. Thus the machine maycontinue in motion but no plates or papers be fed into it. Thislevercorresponds to a throw off of a printing press.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an addressing machine, a grooved plate-carrying wheel providedwith plate-engaging lugs, combined with an upright feeding chute,provided with a bottom consisting of bars which rest in the grooves ofsaid plate carrying wheel, and provided with an opening at one side overthe bars through which the lower plate is passed as it is engaged by thelugs, and combined with inking and cleansing mechanism, substantially asdescribed.

2. In an addressing machine, a grooved plate-carrying wheel providedwith plate-engaging lugs, combined with a feeding chute having a bottomconsisting of bars which normally rest in the grooves of saidplate-carrying wheel, and provided with an opening at one side over saidbars through which the lower plate is passed as it is engaged by thelugs, and means for shifting the relative position of said bars andgrooves to arrest the carrying wheel, and provided with an opening atone side over the bars through which the lower plate is passed as it isengaged by the lugs, and a receiving tube having fingers which reachinto the grooves of the plate-carrying wheel, and a receiving galley forthe plates, substantially as described.

4. In an addressing machine, a grooved plate-carrying wheel providedwith plate-engaging lugs, combined with a feeding chute provided with abottom consisting of bars which rest in the grooves of saidplate-carrying wheel, and provided with an opening at one side over thebars through which the lower plate is passed as it is engaged by thelugs, a delivery tube, two shields, one on each side of saidplate-carrying wheel arranged between the feeding chute and deliverytube, said shields having flanges extending over each side of the faceof the wheel and designed to retain the plates thereon,substantially asdescribed.

5. In an addressing machine, the combination of a plate-carrying wheel,provided with lugs for engaging and recesses for receiving plates, arevolving impression segment, a plate-feeding chute, a plate-receivingtube, a receiving galley, means for moving the same as the plates aredeposited therein, inking mechanism, cleansing mechanism, and a devicefor carryingpapers or articles addressed to a mailing table,substantially as described.

JAY BURROWS.

Witnesses:

J. Y. M. SWIGART, N. Z. SNELL.

